The School of Surrender

Absolute surrender—let me tell you where I got those words. I used them myself often, and you have heard them numberless times. But in Scotland once I was in a company where we were talking about the condition of Christ’s Church, and what the great need of the Church and of believers is; and there was in our company a godly worker who has much to do in training workers, and I asked him what he would say was the great need of the Church, and the message that ought to be preached. He answered very quietly and simply and determinedly:

“Absolute surrender to God is the one thing.”

The words struck me as never before. And that man began to tell how, in the workers with whom he had to deal, he finds that if they are sound on that point, even though they be backward, they are willing to be taught and helped, and they always improve; whereas others who are not sound there very often go back and leave the work. The condition for obtaining God’s full blessing is absolute surrender to Him.

And now, I desire by God’s grace to give to you this message—that your God in Heaven answers the prayers which you have offered for blessing on yourselves and for blessing on those around you by this one demand: Are you willing to surrender yourselves absolutely into His hands? What is our answer to be? God knows there are hundreds of hearts who have said it, and there are hundreds more who long to say it but hardly dare to do so. And there are hearts who have said it, but who have yet miserably failed, and who feel themselves condemned because they did not find the secret of the power to live that life. May God have a word for all!

~Andrew Murray

This is a blog book of Andrew Murray’s classic Absolute Surrender. This book should be read along with The School of the Cross, The School of Obedience, The School of Abiding and The School of Prayer. These studies cover God’s established means for a successful Christian life*. Study them, memorize them, meditate on them but most importantly live them. Andrew Murray is expounding on God’s Word but please spend an even greater amount of time studying the scriptures from which Murray received his revelations. God bless!

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This is the order in which I recommend you complete these studies:

• The School of the Cross (Monthly Devotional)
• The School of Prayer (Monthly Devotional)
• The School of Obedience (Blog Book)
• The School of Humility (Blog Book/Devotional)
• The School of Abiding (Monthly Devotional)
• The School of Surrender (Blog Book)

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